Computing attachment for cash-registers.



C. H. HILL.

COMPUTING ATTACHMENT TOR CASH REGTSTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I, 1915.

1,176,058, Patented Mm. 21, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANDGMPH Co., wAsHlNuwN. D. c.

C. H. HILL.

COMPUTING ATTACHMENT FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I. 1915.

l, 176,058. Patented Mar. y21, 1916.

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CLYDE H. HILL, OF INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.

COMPUTING ATTACHMENT FOR CASH-REGISTERS.

Application filed .Tune 1, 1915.

To all whoml it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE H. HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the county of Polk and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ComputingAttachments for Cash-Registers, of which the tollowing is a specication,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to an improved computing attachment for cashregisters and has for its primary object to provide means whereby anaccurate record of the cash receipts may be kept and the totalthereofreadily determined without necessitating the opening of themachine.

It is a more particular object of my invention to provide an attachmentfor the above purpose wherein a plurality of coin compartments areprovided, into which the coins are deposited by the purchaser. saidcompartments having transparent walls so that the contents thereof arevisible, and means for releasing the coins from said compartments anddirecting the same to a cash drawer.

It is an additional object of the invention to provide a device for theabove purposes, which is exceedingly simple in its construction, highlyserviceable and convenient in practical use, and capable of applicationto various types of cash'registers without requiring any materialalterations therein.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel features ofl construction. combination. and arranffement of partsto be hereinafter more fully described. claimed. and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view ot a cash register provided with mvimproved computinar attachment; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the attachment; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the metalslide plate.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates a cash register whichmav be of any ordinary or approved construction and is provided with aplurality of series of kevs, indicated at 6. whereby a suitablemechanism is actuated to expose to view. a card or plate shown at 7,whereon is indicated the sum to he paid.

The machine is provided with a change drawer indicated at 8. and aseparate cash drawer shown at 9, the latter being provided Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 31,554.

with a lock, the key of which is in the possession of the proprietor.The change drawer 8 moves to an open position each time a key 6 ispressed, in the usual manner.

.In the top wall of the casing of the machine adjacent to each endthereof, a transverse slot-10 is formed, and within the case of themachine, an obliquely inclined directing' plate 11 leads from each ofthese slots to the cash drawer 9. Upon the top of the case, above one ofthe slots 10 therein, ametal frame 12 is secured, and this frame isprovided with a plurality of vertically eX- tending parallel partitionor division walls 13 which divide the space between the trans' parentglass plates 14 constituting' the sides of the frame structure into aplurality of coin receiving compartments. These compartments are open atboth of their ends and are adapted to receive coins ot differentdenominations. As shown in the drawing, the compartments vary in width,and on the tcp of the frame in line with each compartment. the value ofthe coin to be received therein is indicated in any suitable manner. Thecoins are inserted into the upper ends oi the compartments so that theywill rest upon their edges, the transverse dimension of the compartmentsbeing but slightly greater than the thickness of the coin so that onecoin cannot pass another. On the glass side walls of the compartments,numbers are printed or painted showing the value of the contents of thecompartment in accordance with the number of coins which have beendeposited.

Beneath the lower open ends oi the coinpartments 14, a metal slide plate15 is mounted upon the top wall of the case and is nor` mallv held inclosed position over the slot by the coil springs 16 which are securedto the ends of'said plate and to the opposite vertical sides of themachine. This slide plate supports the coins within the severalcompartments, and is provided with a suitable linger piece 17 so thatwhen the plate is withdrawn from beneath the compartments against theaction of the springs 16, the coins will .tall downwardly upon the plate11 and be directed thereby into the locked drawer 9. The coin receivingrack may be arranged above either of the slots 10, as desired, or two ofthe racks can be provided when a double cash register is to be used.

In the practical use of the invention, the

operation is as follows: When a sale is made, the clerk presses theproper key 6 to indicate to the purchaser the sum to be paid. This sumin coins is placed by the purchaser into the upper open ends of theproper compartments 14. If bills are to be changed, the bill is handedto the clerk and the proper coins extracted from the drawer 8 and givento the purchaser. The clerk or proprietor may ascertain, at a. glance,by reading the indicating numerals upon the transparent walls of therack which are opposite the top coin in each compartment, the sum totalof the receipts. If any one compartment is filled with the coins, a noteis made of the amount contained in the rack andthe coins then releasedby sliding the plate l5 to open position. In this manner, it will beseen that I have provided a very simple, serviceable and convenientmeans for readily computing the amount received for any specified lengthof time. The use of printing` mechanism actuated primarily by the keys6, is dispensed with and, in lieu of suoli complicated mechanism, a verysimple and reliable substitute provided.

The device may be readily applied to the various makes of cash registersin common use without necessitating any material alterations therein,and, as the coins are directly deposited by the purchaser and nothandled by the clerk, possible loss to the proprietor is obviated.

Vhile I have shown and described the preferred construction andarrangement of the several elements employed, it is to be understoodthat my attachment may be va-v riously modified while retaining theprinciple involved, and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of resortingto all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed. y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is The herein described attachment for cashregisters including in combination, the following elements to wit; acash register body provided with a coin receiving drawer, said bodyhaving a slot in its top wall, a frame mounted upon said wallimmediately above said slot and provided Vwith a plurality of coinreceiving compartments having transparent side walls, said compartmentsopening through the frame at their upper ends and also having lower openends each registering with a common slot in the base of the frame whichcoincides with the slot in the wall of the register, said frame basebeing provided with a second slot bisecting said first named slot, aspring-held plate movable in said slot and normally closing the lowerends of the coin compartments, a directing plate extending in a singleinclined plane within the register body and having one of its ends fixedto the top wall thereof rearwardly of the'slot therein, the other'end ofsaid plate being disposed above the coin` drawer to direct the coinsinto the same, said spring-held plate beingprovided with a finger piecewhereby the same is adapted to be pulled forwardly in the slot of theframe base against the action of the springs to release the coins fromthe several coinpartments.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

l CLYDE II. I-IILL;V Witnesses: Y

J. L. I-IANNA, B. FAY DUNsMoRn.

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Y Washington, D. C.

